Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Wales
• Level 2: Cardiff
• Level 3: Castle

Current local time in Cardiff:

02:33 PM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Cardiff on map:^[1]

Cardiff GPS coordinates^[2]

51° 28' 48" North, 3° 10' 48" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	51.9158°,	-3.88313°
Center:	51.48°,	-3.18°
Lower-right:	51.04°,	-2.47688°
Map W x H:	97.4×97.4 km	= 60.5×60.5mi

max Lat:	60.39635°   ⇑78.4% North
Cardiff:	51.48°
min Lat:	⇓21.6% South 34.60088°

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min Long	Cardiff	max Long
-7.64133°	-3.18°	32.95536°
W 22%⇐		⇒78% E

Elevation

Elevation of Cardiff is 17 m = 56 ft, and this is 55.9 m = 183 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	515 m = 1690 ft	83.6%
Avg.	72.9 m = 239 ft
Cardiff	17 m = 56 ft
Min E:	-30 m = -98 ft	16.4%

See also: Cardiff elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Cardiff is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this North polar circle is 1677.1 km =1042.1 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from Cardiff
North Pole	4283	2661.3	to North
Arctic Circle	1677.1	1042.1	to North
Tropic Cancer	3118.1	1937.5	to South
Equator	5724	3556.7	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Cardiff: (largest is in red/bold)

• Abertridwr 14.3 km =8.9 mi, 334°
• Barry 11.5 km =7.1 mi, 218°
• Beddau 14.8 km =9.2 mi, 303°
• Bedwas 12.5 km =7.8 mi, 354°
• Caerphilly 10.8 km =6.7 mi, 345°
• Dinas Powys 5.5 km =3.4 mi, 205°
• Llanbradach 14.5 km =9 mi, 346°
• Llantrisant 15 km =9.3 mi, 296°
• Llantwit Fardre 13.4 km =8.3 mi, 308°
• Machen 13.2 km =8.2 mi, 11°
• Marshfield 9.5 km =5.9 mi, 51°
• Penarth 4.6 km =2.9 mi, 174°
• Pentyrch 9.6 km =6 mi, 304°
• Radyr 6.9 km =4.3 mi, 308°
• Wenvoe 6.8 km =4.2 mi, 238°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Кардифф
• In Chinese: 加的夫